Re: Files tree

On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 00:23:31 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:29:02 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:
 

One thing, find has a "printf" option, where you can format the output.
you can remove the need for "tr" by using this instead of "-print0". 

 
-print0 can handle arbitrary filenames. Even the find(1) man page, in the
section “UNUSUAL FILENAMES”, says
 
    If you are able to decide what format to use for the output of
    find then it is normally better to use `\0' as a terminator than
    to use newline, as file names can contain white space and newline
    characters.
 
And that is what -print0 does.

Good point, though I think newlines in a filename are an abomination.